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DOE Seeks Input on How to Spend $2.5 billion on Transmission Projects
On May 6, 2022, the Department of Energy issued a notice of DOE’s intent to implement the Transmission Facilitation Program (TFP) and to request input regarding the solicitation and qualification process for TFP funding.
The TFP is…
Irreparable Harm, I Presume? The Trademark Modernization Act and Other Changes in Trademark Law
By Deborah A. Gubernick and Michelle Emeterio
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Office of Environmental Justice & Reviving Supplemental Environmental Projects
by Luke Narducci and Amanda Reeve
On May 5, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (“USDOJ”) announced the launch of a new comprehensive environmental justice (“EJ”) strategy. The three-prong strategy, as laid out by the U.S. Attorney General in an…
Pushing the United Nations for Recognition of Access to a Clean Environment as a Human Right
by John Habib
The United Nations Human Rights Council passed Resolution 48/13 in October 2021. The Resolution recognizes as a human right a person’s access to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Non-governmental organizations are now pushing the United Nations…
Basin States Agree to Reduced Colorado River Deliveries
Less than two weeks ago, we wrote that the Department of Interior proposed reducing Colorado River deliveries in 2022 by 480,000 acre-feet and that Assistant Secretary Trujillo had asked the Basin States for comments on this proposal. …
Andy Warhol, Prince, and the First Amendment: U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review of Questions Concerning “Fair Use” Under Copyright Act
By Amanda Z. Weaver, Ph.D. and David G. Barker
The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted a petition for writ of certiorari (docket, here) to review the extent to which a work of art is a “transformative” fair use under…
Feds Considering Emergency Reductions to Colorado River Deliveries
In an April 8, 2022 letter to each of the seven Colorado River basin states, the Interior Department asked for comments by April 22 about its plan to reduce releases from Glen Canyon Dam to 7.0 million…
Alphabet’s Wing Initiates Drone Delivery Service in Texas
On April 7, 2022, Alphabet’s Wing launched commercial drone delivery service in two suburban towns north of Dallas, Texas – Frisco and Little Elm where Wing had been testing its service over the last year following…
New Employee Safety Bill May Increase Litigation in California
The California Senate recently pass a bill which, if enacted, would permit employees in California to refuse to report to work when they feel “unsafe.” The bill purports to apply during major natural disasters and states of extreme peril, but…